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Nickel Asia (Nickel Asia) Interest Coverage : 4.87 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Nickel Asia Interest Coverage?

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income by its Interest Expense. Nickel Asia's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $9.2 Mil. Nickel Asia's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-1.9 Mil. Nickel Asia's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 4.87. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Nickel Asia's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

NCKAF' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 18.11   Med: 35.58   Max: 520.33
Current: 18.11


NCKAF's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
74.46% of 1331 companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: No Debt vs NCKAF: 18.11

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.


Nickel Asia Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Nickel Asia's Interest Coverage can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Note: For Interest Coverage, "No debt" indicates no long-term debt. An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no long-term debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

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Nickel Asia Interest Coverage Chart

Nickel Asia Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 18.78 34.71 61.60 46.76 21.62

Nickel Asia Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Interest Coverage Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 15.56 13.19 19.41 - 4.87

Competitive Comparison of Nickel Asia's Interest Coverage

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Nickel Asia's Interest Coverage, along with its competitors' market caps and Interest Coverage data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Nickel Asia's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Nickel Asia's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Nickel Asia's Interest Coverage falls into.



Nickel Asia Interest Coverage Calculation

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

If Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is positive, then

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income /Interest Expense

Else if Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is negative, then

The company did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Else if Interest Expense is 0 and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation is 0, then

The company had no debt (1).


Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Nickel Asia's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023, Nickel Asia's Interest Expense was $-7.1 Mil. Its Operating Income was $152.5 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $53.1 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*152.479/-7.053
=21.62

Nickel Asia's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, Nickel Asia's Interest Expense was $-1.9 Mil. Its Operating Income was $9.2 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $52.9 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*9.176/-1.883
=4.87

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's Financial Strength is.


Nickel Asia  (OTCPK:NCKAF) Interest Coverage Explanation

Ben Graham requires that a company has a minimum interest coverage of 5 with the companies he invested. If the interest coverage is less than 2, the company is burdened by debt. Any business slow or recession may drag the company into a situation where it cannot pay the interest on its debt.

Interest Coverage is an important factor when GuruFocus ranks a company's overage Financial Strength .


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Nickel Asia (Nickel Asia) Business Description

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Address
32nd Street, Bonifacio Global City, 28th Floor NAC Tower, Taguig, PHL, 1634
Nickel Asia Corp is a nickel ore mining company engaged in operating five mines; the Rio Tuba mine, the Taganito mine, the Tagana-an mine, the Cagdianao mine, and the Dinapigue mine. It produces saprolite (nickel ore with an iron content of less than 20%) and limonite (nickel ore with an iron content greater than 20%) ore. The company has three operating segments; The mining segment which accounts for a majority of the company's revenue includes the mining and exploration of nickel saprolite and limonite ore, limestone, and quarry materials, The services segment includes chartering out of LCT, construction and rendering of services to CBNC, THNC, and other parties and leasing of aircraft to WAISC, and The power segment is into power generation and exploration for geothermal resources.

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